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by S. J. (Silvanus Jackson) Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The History of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.
This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally...
The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education
Origins, Discontinuations, and Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Performance funding ties state support of colleges and universities directly to institutional performance on specific outcomes, including retention, number of credits accrued, graduation, and job placement. The theory is that introducing market-like forces will prod institutions to become more efficient...
Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized
Preventive Diplomacy in the PostDCold War World
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 1999
The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable. Act early to prevent disputes from escalating; reduce tensions that could lead to war; deal with today's conflicts before they become tomorrow's crises. Yet as we look at the record of these first years of the post-Cold War era, it is quite...
The Faculty Mentor's Wisdom
Conceptualizing, Writing, and Defending the Dissertation
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary...
Priceless
Inestimable
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2018
Romance contemporaine co-écrite par L.S.Ange et Callie J.Deroy - 413 pages
Beau et ténébreux, Stephen va tout tenter pour séduire Émy et la détourner de son mariage qui doit avoir lieu dans quelques semaines. Pourquoi venir bouleverser sa vie et dans quel but ? Quels secrets cache-t-il...
Acoustic Wave Sensors
Theory, Design and Physico-Chemical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 1996
Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts from both industry and academia, Acoustic Wave Sensors provides an in-depth look at the current state of acoustic wave devices and the scope of their use in chemical, biochemical, and physical measurements, as well as in engineering applications. Because...
Frontier and Metropolis
Regions, Cities, and Identities in Canada before 1914
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1991
The regional character of Canada and the crucial role of metropolitan development in its history have been recurring themes in the work of J.M.S. Careless. In these essays he returns to those themes, discussing how national and regional identity in Canada show vital links with metropolitan-hinterland...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
by Jason T. Eberl, George A. Dunn, George A. Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film, Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities...
Qualitative Interviewing
The Art of Hearing Data
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Using in-depth qualitative interviews, authors Herbert J. Rubin and Irene S. Rubin have researched topics ranging from community redevelopment programs to the politics of budgeting and been energized by the depth, thoroughness, and credibility of what was revealed. They describe in-depth qualitative...
The Mandate of Heaven
Hidden History in the Book of Changes
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
The Mandate of Heaven was originally given to King Wen in the 11th century BC. King Wen is credited with founding the Zhou dynasty after he received the Mandate from Heaven to attack and overthrow the Shang dynasty. King Wen is also credited with creating the ancient oracle known as the Yijing or...
Tu es. Tu es nicht.
Thriller
Language: German
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Du bist viel leichter zu manipulieren, als du denkst.Spiegel-Bestseller und subtiler Psychothrill der Extraklasse, das ist der zweite Thriller von S. J. Watson, dem Autor des Welterfolgs ›Ich. Darf. Nicht. Schlafen.‹ Sie liebt ihren Mann. Und ist besessen von einem Fremden.Sie ist eine gute Mutter....
by Marilyn M. Cooper, John Muckelbauer, Christa Teston
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
A fascinating addition to rhetoric scholarship, Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things expands the scope of rhetorical situations beyond the familiar humanist triad of speaker-audience-purpose to an inclusive study of inanimate objects.
The fifteen essays in Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things persuasively...
Once Upon a Rainbow
Volume One
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Your favorite stories from childhood have a new twist. Nine fairy tales of old with characters across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.
Morning Star by Sydney Blackburn – Five wishes; one desire.
Fairest by K.S. Trenten – What will you change into?
Gingerbread by Riza Curtis – A night...